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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2022
Washington University, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abhinav Kumar Jha, St. Louis, MO (US);
Zekun Li, St. Louis, MO (US);
Daniel Thorek, St. Louis, MO (US);
MD Ashequr Rahman, St. Louis, MO (US);
Washington University, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A system for low-count quantitative single-photon emission computed tomography (LC-QSPECT) is provided. The system is programmed to a) store a computer tomography (CT) scan of a subject being examining including a plurality of defined volumes of interest (VOIs) of the subject being examined; b) model a system matrix based on the stored CT, wherein the model describes the probability that photons emitted from each of the defined VOIs are detected in different projection bins, wherein a plurality of projection bins are defined around the subject and the defined VOIs; c) adjust the model with analysis of stray-radiation noise around the subject; d) detect, by the one or more sensors, one or more photons being emitted by an alpha-particle-emitting isotope; and e) execute the adjusted model with the one or more detected photons as inputs to determine a source VOI of the detected photons.